Getting aptitude from darcs

If you want to test the latest bleeding-edge source code or to otherwise help aptitude development, you can download unreleased aptitude source code using darcs. Install darcs (available from http://www.darcs.net) and execute the command darcs get http://people.debian.org/~dburrows/darcs/aptitude to retrieve the most recent source code. Once the source code is available on your computer, you can cd into it and type darcs pull to update it with any changes made to the main repository.

To build aptitude from the darcs repository, you must have the programs autoconf and automake installed. Type sh ./autogen.sh to generate the files needed to compile aptitude, then execute make and make install.

[Warning]Warning

The aptitude darcs repository is an active development tree; it will change as bugs are fixed and features are added, and there is absolutely no guarantee that it will even compile, let alone run properly! Bug reports are welcome, but be aware that you use development code entirely at your own risk![1]



[1] Of course, all free software is used at your own risk, but the risk involved in using an active development tree is much higher.